NISSAN SALES in EUROPE OCTOBER 2009

2009/11/06

NISSAN SALES in EUROPE OCTOBER 2009

                                                         NISSAN INTERNATIONAL SA

6^th November, 2009

Press Release

For Immediate Release

NISSAN SALES SHOW FIRST INCREASE IN VOLUMES

YEAR ON YEAR SINCE CRISIS

Market Share Remains Consistent with 2.8% across Europe

ROLLE, Switzerland (Nov. 5, 2009) - Nissan in Europe has reported sales of 45,225 units in October, representing an increase of 10% year on year. Overall TIV was down 6% versus September 2008. 

In Western Europe, total industry volume was up 10%, in contrast to Eastern Europe where TIV was down over 50% versus October 2008. Nissan reported a significant increase in market share (2.8% v 2.4%) adding to good performances reported in July, August and September. This sales and share boost can be attributed to models such as Qashqai, Pixo, Micra and Note, with strong customer order banks for these models across all markets. In addition, Nissan improved its market share once again in each of its major Western European markets versus previous year.

These positive results were offset by the challenging market context in Russia where falling TIV (-54%) and unfavourable exchange rates are strongly impacting Nissan sales (-52% v Oct. 2008)

Bernard Loire, Vice President Sales Operations for Nissan in Europe commented:

“October results have been very positive for the fourth month in a row and we have maintained our consistent market share performance across Europe at 2.8%. Although the Western European markets show signs of stabilizing, there are no noticeable signs of recovery in the East.

This first increase year on year since before the crisis is very encouraging, and we are pleased that customer demand for Qashqai, Note, Micra and Pixo continues to be very strong”

Key markets highlights:

·              Market share comparison (Oct 09 vs Oct 08) across key Western European markets: Germany (2.4% vs 1.1%), UK (4.1% vs 2.5%), France (2.0% vs 1.8%) & Spain (3.5% vs 3.2%) Italy (2.5% vs 2.4%),

·              Eastern Europe still impacted by economic crisis: Russia, Ukraine & Kazakhstan are still suffering with falling TIV’s (-54% vs 2008 ), but we increased our Market share (4.0% vs 3.9% last year)

TOP 10 COUNTRIES for October 2009

Product Highlights

·              Qashqai (14,137), Micra (8,078) and Note (5,692)  volumes are all up on 2008

·              PIXO continues its positive trend and the order bank is growing (4,033 units)

TOP 5 PRODUCTS for October 09

About Nissan in Europe

Nissan employs around 12,500 people in its European design, research and development, manufacturing, logistics, and sales and marketing operations. In calendar year 2008, the company sold 601,647 vehicles across 40 markets in Western and Eastern Europe including Russia. Furthermore, the company produced a total of 539,580 vehicles in its Spanish and British plants.

For more information, please go to www.nissaneurope-newsbureau.com

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CONTACT

For further information on all markets, please contact Nissan Corporate Communications - Europe.

Sara Legouge NE Corporate Communications +41 21 822 59 13

E-mail: slegouge@nissan-europe.com

Editor’s Notes:

(*)        The sales figures quoted are retail sales figures for a large European scope covering all of Nissan Europe’s markets including the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Cyprus, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Baltic States - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Israel and the French Overseas Territories.

These figures are not to be confused with the figures published by the ACEA who report registration figures and do not cover such a broad European scope as Nissan.

The market shares provided are based on the provisional Total Industry Volume (TIV) figures.